Car-fender.



B. SALOMUNE.

GAB FENDER (Application filed Kay 2. 1901.;

Patented Sept. I7, I901.

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No. 682,643. Patented Sept. I7, I90I.

R. SALUMONE.

.CAR FENDER.

(Application filed May 2. 1901.)

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4o fis normally sustained in the horizontal po- UNITED STATE PATENTOFFIC ROCCO SALOMONE, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONEIIALF TOTHOMAS F. OGRADY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,643,,datedSeptember 17, 1901.

Application filed May 2, 1901. Serial No. 58,428. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that LRocoo SALOMONE,a citizen ot' the United States, residingin Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to car-fenders; and it has reference particularlyto contrivances of this nature which are provided with means wherebywhen a body falls into the fender its outer or front portion will beautomatically raised, so as to prevent the body falling out of thefender again.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, where- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my invention,showing the fender in operative position on the front of a car. Fig. 2is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the fender folded up out of theWay. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, except that it illustrates howthe parts may be more compactly folded together. Fig. 4 is a top planview of the invention as seen in Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of aportion of the invention, illustrating a detail.

In said drawings, a designates a frame hav-. ing lateral projections b,which are adapted to seat in hooks 0, whereby the frame is removablysuspended from the front portion of the car 01. In the lower portion ofthis frame, as at e,is pivoted another framef. The frame sition, as seenin Fig. 1, by hangers g, pivoted to the frame a; but by removingcotter-pins 7-2,, with which said hangers are provided, said hangers maybe withdrawn from engagement with the frame f, so that the latter may befolded up into the position shown in Fig. 3.

To the front portion of the frame f are pivoted the rear portions oflevers t', which form the sides of the fender proper. The forward endsof these levers are connected by a shaft j, arranged to turn in them.This shaft carries a buifer It of any suitable construction. The forwardends of the levers 71 also carry the usual rollers Z. In order tosustain the levers in the position shown in Fig. 1, stops m on the framef and taking against the tops of the rear portions of said levers areprovided.

The shaft j carries cranks n, which are connected with bell-crank leversor pawls 0 by rods 1), the said bell-crank levers or pawls beingfulcrumed in pins q, which also constitute the fulcrums of the leverst'.Normally the free ends of the pawls 0, which penetrate the side portionsof the frame f, extend beneath the rear ends of the levers t', as seenin Figs. 1 and 5.

0" denotes springs which connect the levers t' and the frame (11 atsuitable points thereon and the tension of which is such that when thepawls 0 release the levers t the forward ends of the latter will beraised.

The usual net 8 is stretched between a rod 25 of the frame Ct and theshaftj. In order to prevent the net sagging too much in the middleportion thereof, a spring a, also stretched between said rod and shaftunderneath the net, may be employed.

The shaft carries a lever-like U-shaped frameo, which projects rearwardly therefrom underneath the net.

In view of the foregoing description it will be understood that when abody is struck by the fender and falls into the net engaging the frame1; it will act to turn the shaft j, which through the rods 19 willwithdraw the ends of the pawls 0 out of engagement with the rear ends ofthe levers 2', which will then be free to elevate under the action ofthe springs r. 'w denotes simply hooks carried by the levers 't' andadapted to engage uprights a: on the car to hold the fender in theposition shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In acar-fonder, the combination, with astationary frame adapted to besecured to the car, of another frame pivoted in said stationary frame,hangers detachably connecting said frames and adapted to sustain thepivoted frame in operative position, the fender proper fulcriuned insaid pivoted frame, springs connecting said fender and the stationaryframe and normally tending to raise the outer end of said fender,pivoted pawls engaging the pivoted frame and fender and normally actingto hold the fender in lowered position, another frame fulcrumed in theto outer portion of said fender, and operative connection between saidfulerumed frame and the pawls, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of April, 1901.

ROCCO SALOMONE.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, ROBERT J. POLLITT.

